Boxing Roundup
- “Former WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz stopped journeyman Otis Tisdale in the second round and set his sights on another title bout.” [link]
- “Luevano looked impressive in pounding out a victory over tough Antonio Davis.” [link]
- “Manny Pacquiao outboxed Marco Antonio Barrera over 12 rounds to win a unanimous decision victory in Las Vegas.” [link]
- “Joe Mesi continued his comeback from brain surgery by knocking out hapless Shannon Miller at 2:51 of the first round.” [link]
- “A relentless Juan Diaz added the International Boxing Federation lightweight belt to his World Boxing Association crown Saturday when Julio Diaz failed to answer the bell for the ninth round.” [link]
- “Daiki Kameda was suspended for one year by Japan’s boxing commission on Monday for his antics during last week’s loss to champion Daisuke Naito in a WBC flyweight title match.” [link]
- “Jameel McCline’s drug tests before and after his Oct. 6 title bout were negative, the New York State Athletic Commission said Tuesday.” [link]
- “Former two-time heavyweight titlist John Ruiz made a successful return to the ring after an 11-month layoff to score a second-round knockout over journeyman Otis Tisdale on Saturday night.” [link]
- “Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his partner, professional dancer Karina Smirnoff, were eliminated Tuesday night from ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” reality series competition.” [link]
- “Alfonso Gomez won a unanimous 10-round decision over Ben Tackie in a welterweight fight Tuesday night” [link]
- “Undefeated Lucian Bute won the IBF super-middleweight title Friday night, stopping Colombia’s Alejandro Berrio in the 11th round at the Bell Centre.” [link]
- “Brooklyn lightweight Sadam Ali was eliminated from the World Boxing Championships, falling to Armenia’s Hrachik Javakhyan on Sunday.”[link]
- “Germany’s Felix Sturm retained his WBA middleweight title, fighting to a draw with American Randy Griffin on Saturday night.” [link]
- “Cristian Mijares quickly put an end to Franck Gorjux’s title aspirations.” [link]
- “Juan Esquer of Mexico won a majority decision over former WBO 105-pound champion Kermin Guardia on Friday night.” [link]
- “Jermain Taylor, who lost the middleweight championship when Kelly Pavlik knocked him out in the seventh round of their Sept. 29 fight, has exercised his contractual option for an immediate rematch.” [link]
- “British boxer Amir Khan was found guilty Tuesday of careless driving, banned from the road for six months and fined $2,050.” [link]
- “Bantamweight Gary Russell Jr. and light welterweight Javier Molina took steps forward in their quests to qualify for the Beijing Olympics with victories in the preliminary round of the World Boxing Championships.” [link]
- “U.S. featherweight Raynell Williams took a first step to making the Beijing Olympics with an impressive victory over France’s Khedafi Djelkhir.” [link]
- “Floyd Mayweather’s May 5 megafight with Oscar De La Hoya did even better at the box office than originally was thought.” [link]
- “U.S. flyweight Rau’shee Warren took another step Thursday toward returning to the Olympics when he easily defeated 2004 Olympian Tulashboy Doniyorov of Uzbekistan in a 20-8 decision.” [link]
- “McWilliams Arroyo of Puerto Rico is one victory from qualifying for the Beijing Olympics after beating Ukraine’s Vitaliy Volkov on Saturday” [link]
- “Unbeaten Russian Alexander Povetkin pounded Chris Byrd until the American’s father threw in the towel in the 11th round Saturday night.” [link]
- “Steve Molitor sapped all the energy out of Fahsan 3K Battery.” [link]
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